Re: Sheer's Fuel Cell Rant

["Thomas J Webster" <ford1929@frontiernet.net>]

Yup
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Uzi" <samuzi@kcd.com>
To: <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: Sheer's Fuel Cell Rant


> > > 2) Fuel cells offer big oil a hope of still selling their
petrochemicals,
> > > and so they fund research into them.
>
> the fuel cells don't, but the gasoline reformers do... fortunately,
gasoline
> reformation (as a source for hydrogen) is pretty much the dumbest way to
get
> hydrogen
>
>
> > Hey guys, I agree with sheer. I don't want one in my driveway. I have
read
> > reports saying the auto companies hide behind fuel crackers saying: We
> > cannot make a hydrogen fuel cell because it would shock the public. They
> > wouldn't like it. The public needs to have a gasoline powered fuel cell
to
> > try to ween them  from useing gasoline.
>
> yeah, what a crock, eh?
>
> > I have also heard the line, "You
> > can't run a car off of hydrogen!!!!! It will blow up!!! Look at the
> > hindenburg!!!!!!"
>
> yeah, this is the funniest one of them all... the hydrogen in the
hindenburg had
> nothing to do with the explosion (is was the anti-UV coating painted on
the
> shell - which was basically a form of rocket fuel - that went up)... even
so,
> out of over 200 people on the hindenburg, only 35 died, and 33 of those
died
> from hitting the ground after they paniced and jumped... the other two
died from
> buring diesel fuel
>
> hydrogen is way safer than any other kind of fuel
>
> in any case, don't let the auto company jerks sully the hydrogen/fuel cell
> concept by trying to paint them with petroleum
>
> ...sorry, I'll stop now... I'm just on a major H2 kick (and will remain so
for
> the rest of my life)
>
>